Stop for coin-counting machines.



- G. WHITE.

- STOP FOR G01N GOUNTING MACHINES.

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PATBNTBD JAN.*31`, 1905.

G.- WHITE. STOP POR com GOUNTING MACHINES.

APPLIUATION FILED APB.14, 1904.

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' gno. 781,323.

Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

i GEORGEIHITE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY;

STOP Fon oolN-oouNTlNe. MAol-HNES.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,323, dated January 31, 1905.

, Appiiomounedaprn'ni,1904. serrano. 203,142.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WHITE, a citi- `zen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stops for Coin-Counting Machines, of which the following is a sington N. Giliillan, for which Letters Patent of the United States, No. 7 57 ,612, were issued April 19. 1904; but it will be readily under.- stood that it may be applied to any machine of the same general character. Y 2o `The-machine referred to comprises a county ing-slide suitably apertured in rows to receive coins one at atime from aseries of supplychutes placed above the slide and which register with the holes in the latter. This slide rests upon a base-plate over which it reciprocates and which base-plate .terminates at a line above and in the rear of a series of receiving coin-pockets removably placed underneath the slide. Above the slide is arranged a guard of glass or other transparent material in such close proximity to the surface of the slide that it almost touches the same, the slide being practically of the thickness of a coin.

In use the lcoins drop down the supplychutes, and as the slide is moved forward each aperture in one row of holes receives a coin- As the vslide is moved farther forward the coins are carried by it above the base-plate and under the glass guard until the end of the base-plate is reached, when the coins drop into the pockets provided to receive them. In the machine referred to the lholes in the slide are arranged in seven rows offive, so that as the slide is moved forward its entire length thirty-live coins are counted and carried into So long as the sup-y the pockets referred to.

ply-chutes are full and each hole in the slide receives a coin the countingof them'is easy; but if it should happen that one of the chutes becomesempty while the others remain full a miscount would occur unless the attention of the operator were called to the empty hole in the slide.

The object of this invention is to provide means to warn the operator when one of the supply-chutes, and consequently one of the slide-apertures, 4is empty.

In brief it consists of an interruption of the surface of the base-plate at a point beneath the slide between the point of supplyand the 60. point ofrdelivery of the coins, and the interposition at this point of means which remain normally below or on a level with the baseplate so long as each aperture in the slide con- `tains a coin, but which is automatically raised l to constitute a stop in the path of the lmoving slide as soon as one of these apertures becomes-empty, while at the same time means are provided forholding the stop entirely out of engagement with the slide when so desired.

In the drawings, Figurel 1 isa central vertical longitudinal section of the parts of a coin-counting machine embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the kstops and theirconnections, the middle part of the machine being broken away and the stop being thrown out of engagement. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the plane of the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. l Fig. 4 is a section showing the stop mechanism thrown in an operating position and depressed byfa coin in the counttwo eXtreme positions of the slotted link.

In the drawings, 10 is the counting-slide,

suitably apertured, as at .11 11 11', to receive the coins 12 as they move down vthe supplychute 13 by the force of gravity. 95.

14 is the base-plate, over which the counting-slide`10 is'adapted to reciprocate hori- Zontally and which base-plate terminates in .a vertical slideway 15, which is provided with a depending chute or hopper 16,'down which 100 ward to register in succession with the slide l5 to receive the coins. This device forms no part of my present invention and is the subjectt-mater of an application for Letters Patent of the United States of even date herewith. It may, however, be stated that the compartments hold paper shells or bags into which the coins drop and in which they can be wrapped.

Above the counting-slide 10 is mounted a guard 22, made of glass or other suitable transparent material, through which vthe slide can be seen. This is near the frontend of the machine. The slide is provided with a handle 100, by which it may be reciprocated. A counting device 23 is arranged above the slide and serves to register the number of its strokes or reeiprocations.

Across the base-plate 14, near the front of the machine and corresponding in number to the number of apertures in one row in the counting-slide 10, are a series of depression-s 30. In each depression is arranged a stop or plunger 31, mounted upon a stem 32 of smaller' diameter. A spring 33, coiled around the stem 32 and confined between the bottom of the depression 30 and the lower side of the plunger 31, tends constantly to push the plunger upward. On its upper surface 300 the plunger 31 is beveled, curved, or rounded, so that the coins readily slide over it in one direction and the counting-slide on its reverse stroke.

The stem. 32 is vertically slotted to receive a link 34, provided with a keyhole-slot 35. A pin 36, secured across the stem 32 and passing through the keyhole-slot 35, permits the vertical reciprocation of the stem 32 in the depression 30 when the` link is in its uppermost position.

A rod 40 is transversely mounted across the machine. At each end it is secured eccentrically to a disk 41, each disk being mounted in bearings 42 in the side of the machine and one disk being provided with a handle 43, the movement ofthe latter being limited by stoppins 44 and 45, suitably placed on the outside fraaie of the machine.

When the handle 43 is turned to the position shown indotted outline in Fig. 4 and resting against the stop-pin 44, the link 34 is at its highest point. The pinv 36 is free to permit the plunger 3l to move upward beyond the base-plate.

When the handle 43 is turned to the opposite position (shown in Fig. 3) and resting against the stop-pin 44, the cam-rod 4() and the link 34 are lowered and the plunger-stem is drawn downward by means of the pin 36, thereby preventing any upward movementol the plunger.

The operation of the device is as follows: The slide 10 is reciprocated beneath the supply-chute. The handle 42 is turned so that the stop or plunger 31 is held beneath the base-plate. This is continued until the coins are beginning to get low at the source oi supply. The handle is then turned so that each plunger 3l is Jfree to reciprocate in its depression 30. So long as each row of holes in thc coin-plate l() contains a coin when the coin reaches the plunger 31 it strikes it, rides over its upper curved surface, and presses down upon it by its weight, so as to permit of its passage between its top and the glass guard 22. When, however, a time comes when one of these apertures contains no coin, the edge of the aperture l1 strikes the side of the plunger and bearing up against it, as shown in Fig. 5, is brought to afull stop. This calls the attention of the operator forcibly te the fact that one of his supply-chutes is empty. He looks through the glass guard 22 and sees which aperture is empty and ills u p the corresponding coin-chute or otherwise acts as the occasion may require. It' he desires to proceed and count the coins then remaining in the slide, he can turn thel handle 43 to pull the stop 3l down into the depression, so as to permit the slide to complete its stroke.

The advantages ot' my invention are suiiiciently obvious. It is an easy simple means of warning the operator that one of the compartments of his coin-counting slide is empty, and he cannot continue the operation ot' the machine without being compelled to disen gage the warning device.

That I claim as new is- 1. In a coin-counting machine, comprising a slide provided with an aperture to receive a coin to be counted and always iree to more in one direction, means whereby the movement of the slide in the opposite direction is arrested when the aperture is empty, comprising a plunger having a beveled upper end and normally held out of the aperture by the pressure of the coin therein, and means for automatically bringing it into said aperture when the coin is absent, in combination with manually-operable means for holding the plunger out of contact with the slide when desired.

2. In a coin-counting machine, comprising a slide provided with apertures to receive the coins to be counted, means whereby the movement of the slide is arrested when any aperture is empty, comprising a plunger normally held out of contact with the peripheries oi said apertures by the pressure of the coin therein and means for automatically bringing it into said contact when the coin is absent, in combination with non-automatic means lor holding the plunger out of contact with the slide whenV desired, comprising a connection adapted to'depress the stop and hold the same depressed.

3. In a coin-counting machine the'combination with a slide having a coin-aperture, a plunger slidable in and at a right angle to the path of movement thereof, a spring a link connected to said plunger, and means for actuating the link to hold the plunger retracted when desired.

4:. In a coin-counting machine, comprising a slide provided with an aperture to receive a coin to becounted, the combination therewith of a support for the slide having a recess, a plunger in said recess, .having a beveled upper end and a reduced stem, and a spring coiled about said stem with a normal tendency to press the plunger upward against the slide. v

' 5. In a coin-counting machine, comprising a slide provided with an aperture to receive a coin to be counted, the combination ltherewith of a support for the slide'having a recess, a plunger in said recess, having a beveled upper end and a reduced stem, a spring coiled about said stem with a normal tendency to press the plunger upward against the slide,

and means for holding the plunger retracted against the action of said spring.

6. In a coincounting machine, comprising a slide provided with an aperture. to receivea coin to be counted, the combination therewith of a support for. the slide having a recess, a plunger in said recess,.having a beveled upper'end and a reduced stem, a spring coiled about said stem .with a normal tendency to press the plunger upward against the slide, and means for holding the plunger retracted against the action of said spring, comprising an eccentrically-journaled rod below the plunger-stem and a connection between said Vrod and stem.

7. r In a coin-counting machine, comprising a slide provided with an aperture to receive a coin to be counted, the combination therewith of a support -fo r the slide having a recess, a plunger in said recess, having a beveled upper end and a reduced slotted stem, a

spring coiled about said stem with a normal tendency to press the plunger upward against the slide, and means for holding the plunger retracted against the action of said spring,

comprising an eccentrically-journaled rod,

link'securedthereon engaging in the slot of the stem and provided with a slot, and a pin passing through the stem and the s lot of the Witness my hand,` this 11th day of April, 1904:, at Jersey City, inthe county of Hudson and State of New Jersey. Y

GEORGE WH ITE.

Witnesses: J. HERBERT Po'r'rs, E. O. CHAMP. 

